A Google engineer is facing federal charges after allegedly using his employer’s confidential data to pocket $1.2 million on Polymarket

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What happened: Google employee charged with using inside information to make $1M on Polymarket

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ABC News — Top Lean Left

Google employee charged with using inside information to make $1M on Polymarket

A Google staffer fraudulently made more than $1 million by using inside information to place Polymarket bets on what users were searching for on Google, authorities say.

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Center · 9 sources

TechSpot Center

Google engineer arrested for using internal search data to win $1.2 million on Polymarket

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Fortune Center

A Google engineer is facing federal charges after allegedly using his employer’s confidential data to pocket $1.2 million on Polymarket

The DOJ alleges the engineer ignored a "Google Confidential" warning to get insider search data he later used for bets.

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Korea Times Center

Google employee charged with using search data to make $1.2 mil on Polymarket

NEW YORK — U.S. prosecutors slapped insider trading charges against a Google employee this week, alleging the software engineer used confidential c...

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Crypto Briefing Center

Google engineer charged with using inside information to win $1.2M on Polymarket

Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo charged with commodities and wire fraud for using confidential search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket prediction market.

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Crypto Briefing Center

Google engineer charged with using inside information to win $1.2M on Polymarket

Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo charged with fraud after allegedly using confidential search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket, marking a first federal insider trading case on a pr…

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BBC News — Tech Center

Google worker charged for using internal data to make $1.2m on Polymarket

A longtime Google employee was charged in New York on Wednesday for breaking insider trading laws.

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Boing Boing Center

Google employee charged with fraud after winning $1.2m on Polymarket

A Google employee was charged with fraud wednesday after allegedly winning $1.2m betting on Google trends at gambling site Polymarket. Michele Spagnulo, 36, used insider info and a…

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The Verge Center

A Google employee allegedly used inside information to win $1.2 million on Polymarket 

‘AlphaRacoon’ made successful bets about 2025 search trends.

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Google News Center

Google Employee Charged For Alleged Polymarket Bets - The Information

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